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Help prove something mathematically
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What is the Brilouine Zone and where can I learn more about it?
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High School What Are the Four Fundamental Forces of Nature?
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TEW: Lewis Little's Theory of Elementary Waves
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Science is great E=mc^(2a+5a-5a+3-2+5-4-2a-2)
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Graduate Air vibrating in a cylindrical cavity
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High School What Is the General Equation of a Parabola and Its Derivation?
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Undergrad Why Does the Gravity Field Exist?
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High School Become Smarter - Tips for Struggling with Trig & Physics
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High School Does a Fly Crash Into the Windshield When a Car Suddenly Stops?
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Graduate How Do Scientists Approach the Challenges of the Standard Model?
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Undergrad Parker 61 Fountain Pen: Understand Its Capillary Action
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Order or Entropy?
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High School Color of Clouds: Dark Pink at Night, White in Morning?
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High School Longitude and Latitude angle at 12M
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Highest Resolution Modern Microscope - Info & Resources
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IQ of a Physicist and Other Related Fields
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Is Sixty Symbols Effective for Physics Outreach?
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Video: Scientist plans Time Machine - Is this possible?
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Why do cell phone ringtones play through television speakers?
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High School What would happen if a tube like this were placed in the earths atmosphere?
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Graduate Modern Physics, The Observer, and free-will
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High School How Does Energy Transfer from Kinetic to Sound?
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Graduate How do I plot a function with frequency and energy using Mathematica?
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Graduate What Will the Next Paradigm Shift in Physics Look Like?
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Three suns in the sky Believe it or not
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Graduate Is the physics in Angels & Demons completely off the mark?
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Undergrad Transverse waves can propagate through a solid
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